Dana Gas will begin a new exploration and drilling program in Egypt in Q1 2015, including its first offshore well on Block 6 in the North El Arish Concession Area near Gaza. Egypt needs to increase its natural gas supply which has remained stagnant since the early 2000s; however, the cost of production is higher […]

In Nigeria the country’s National Assembly has determined that Royal Dutch Shell should pay up $3.9 billion in damages for the 2011 Bonga oil spill offshore Nigeria. The National Assembly’s non-binding assessment was determined after years of analysis by various Nigerian state agencies. Shell declined to comment. The company has previously said it took responsibility […]

New developments have been seen on the proposed pipeline from Uganda to Kenya with the awarding of a design contract. Japan’s Toyota Tsusho won the design contract for the oil export pipeline that will take Ugandan crude to the Kenyan coast. Crude production from Uganda is expected in 2018. Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda opened a […]